I was not going to write about this album because I suspect anyone who reads this blog will already know about it from the Stamp Community forum. But as a matter of historical record, KReleya (Ken Stamps) recently picked up a very clean Scott International Volume One from Rasdale and is selling it on eBay. There are around 32,000 stamps and 168 complete countries.
Here is a link to the thread on the forum: https://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=59366
The first lots are already on eBay. Try searching for Super Scott Intern Album.
The famous stamp collector Josiah Lilly said that there were 100,000 postage stamps he wanted for his collection and he succeeded in acquiring 77,000. My considerably easier target is 35,000 of the more common stamps from 1840-1940 contained in the Scott Blue International Album Volume 1. This blog will record my progress, provide general information about Classic era philately and hopefully encourage other "Blue" collectors.
I've seen the lots taken from that collection; they seem pretty complete with a lot of classical material. I've bid on a couple of lots, and I'm sure more will be posted in the coming weeks.
ReplyDeleteWish you luck. The last time this dealer had a nice Volume One, there was a bidding war between I think a couple of collectors on many of the lots. I managed to win maybe a dozen countries.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I like about buying from another Volume One for your Volume One is the ease with which you can see what you need and come to a reasonable idea of what the pages are worth to you.
Thanks for the post Bob. I saw Ken's original post about this collection on SCF and have bid on a couple of lots too.
ReplyDeleteThe other good thing about buying these kinds of lots is that you know you will have a place for all these stamps in your BigBlue and know you will not be getting a lot of stamps with no spaces in BigBlue.